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Field system

Prusselstown, County Kildare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Field system, Prusselstown, County Kildare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Prusselstown
County
Kildare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.00296, -6.97350
SMR number
KD035-017002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On a gentle SW-facing pasture slope. Visible on an aerial photograph (CUCAP ASU 74 (1967)) as the cropmarks of a roughly rectangular field system (est. c. 100m NW-SE; c. 70m NE-SW), together with the cropmark of an adjacent enclosure (KD035-017001-) to the NW: possibly a levelled rath and associated field system. The cropmark of a possible rectangular enclosure (KD035-017003-) in the next field to the SW, is also visible. No visible surface trace survives. The cropmark of a possible rectangular enclosure (KD035-017003-) in the next field to the SW, is also visible on this aerial photo.

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 28 November 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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